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Air Force Col. Trey Turner and Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Miller escort U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a tour of the unmanned aerial vehicle ramp on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2008. Miller is Commander, 42nd Expeditionary Air Attack Squadron, and Turner is Commander, 451st Air Expeditionary Group.

Air Force Col. Trey Turner and Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Miller escort U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a tour of the unmanned aerial vehicle ramp on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2008. Miller is Commander, 42nd Expeditionary Air Attack Squadron, and Turner is Commander, 451st Air Expeditionary Group.

Air Force Col. Trey Turner and Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Miller escort U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a tour of the unmanned aerial vehicle ramp on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2008. Miller is Commander, 42nd Expeditionary Air Attack Squadron, and Turner is Commander, 451st Air Expeditionary Group.

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